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11. 11W WAKIZASHI AND ITS FITTINGS
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11. 11W WAKIZASHI AND ITS FITTINGS
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,500 - €7,500
Voluntary lot
Description
11. 11W WAKIZASHI AND ITS FITTINGS
Japan, 16th/17th century
The blade:
Sugata: hira-zukuri, chū-kissaki;
Bōshi: komaru-sagari;
Hamon: chōji-midare;
hi (groove): koshi-bi;
Nakago with three mekugi-ana, signed Kanemoto 兼元.
The 19th-century koshira-e:
the tsuka wrapped in same and bound with black lacquered braid, fitted with gilt kabuto-shaped menuki,
shakudō fuchi-kashira with gilt-copper plum blossom branches inlaid on a nanako ground, a mokkō-gata copper tsuba sprinkled with silver speckles;
the black-lacquered saya with mother-of-pearl flecks and decorated with gold maki-e leaves and branches.
Total length 61.5 cm (24 1/4 in.); the blade (nagasa) is 42.5 cm (16 3/4 in.) long; the tsuba is 6.5 cm (2 1/2 in.) (3).
To be sold without reserve
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Asian Decorative Art, including Japanese Weapons and Armour, from a European Collection
Auction location
Auction time
10/23/2026 at 12:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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